Nabs vs Tabs - What's the difference?
nabs | tabs |
(nab)
To seize, arrest or take into custody a criminal or fugitive
To grab or snatch something
The summit of an eminence.
The cock of a gunlock.
(locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.
As verbs the difference between nabs and tabs
is that nabs is (nab) while tabs is (tab).As a noun tabs is
.nabs
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*nab
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(nabb)Synonyms
* (To arrest a criminal or fugitive) nick, bustDerived terms
* nabber * kidnapEtymology 2
Compare knap, knop, knob.Noun
(en noun)- (Halliwell)
- (Knight)
- (Knight)